do epileptic seizures cause brain damage?
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- One way to assess. whether seizures cause damage is to see if epileptic animals have fewer nerve cells in specific brain areas. Researchers. count the cells using sophisticated computerized statistical analyses, a technique known as unbiased stereology.
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) 1 Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness.2  Epilepsy is not contagious and is not caused by mental illness or mental retardation. Epilepsy is not contagious and is not caused by mental illness or mental retardation. 2  Sometimes severe seizure can cause brain damage, but most seizures do not seem to have a detrimental effect on the brain. 3  Epilepsy has many possible causes, from illness to brain damage to abnormal brain development.
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List of Presidents of the United States who died in office On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt collapsed and died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. The most recent president to die in office was John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated with two rifle shots on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
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Seizures and Head Injury / Brain Injury Unfortunately, seizures may develop immediately after an injury to the brain or may develop in delayed fashion, showing up months or years after the initial trauma. Generally speaking, the risk of post traumatic seizures is related to the severity of the injury- the greater the injury, the higher the risk of developing seizures.
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Common Epilepsy Causes and Seizure Triggers Children and elderly adults are the ones most often affected. There is a clear cause for epilepsy in only a minority of the cases. Typically, the known causes of seizure involve some injury to the brain. Some of the main causes of epilepsy include: 1  Low oxygen during birth.
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causes of epilepsy Even if seizures start after a brain injury or other structural change, this may be due to both the structural change and the person's genetic tendency to seizures, combined. This makes sense if we consider that many people might have a similar brain injury, but not all of them develop epilepsy afterwards.
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- The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or a family tendency, but often the cause is completely unknown. The word epilepsy does not indicate anything about the cause of the person's seizures or their severity. Many people with epilepsy have more than one type of seizure and may have other symptoms of neurological problems as well.
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Epilepsy People with epilepsy may have general seizures, which affect the entire surface of the brain, or partial seizures. Partial seizures begin in a specific area in the brain. They are also called focal seizures. These seizures may affect only one part or one side of the body. The area affected will depend on where in the brain the seizure happens. Some symptoms of partial seizures include: Jerky or rhythmic movements. Sensations such as tingling, dizziness, feeling full in the stomach. Repetitive motions. Staring. Confusion.
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Do Seizures Damage the Brain? A great deal of epilepsy research in humans and animals has focused on the question of whether seizures cause brain damage, existing underlying brain damage causes seizures, or a combination of both.
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Brain Diseases Brain Diseases: Seizures. Included in the seizure category of brain diseases is epilepsy, a condition characterized by recurring seizures caused by abnormal and excessive electrical activity in the brain. Head injuries, brain infections, and strokes may cause epilsepsy, as well.
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Epilepsy Epilepsy: what you should know. 1  Having one seizure does not mean you have epilepsy: You must have had two or more seizures to be diagnosed with epilepsy. 2  Epilepsy can develop as a result of damage to the brain from a head injury or from disorders that affect the brain, such as a brain tumor or stroke. Often, there is no detectable risk factor for developing epilepsy. Around 30 percent of seizures are not controlled by anti-seizure medications.
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It's a Seizure, But Is It Epilepsy? A first seizure can affect part of or the entire brain. These seizures occur in pregnant women and are not caused by epilepsy or other brain disorders. The cause of eclampsia is not known, but it often follows the pregnancy condition called preeclampsia, in which the woman’s blood pressure gets abnormally high.
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Common Epilepsy Causes and Seizure Triggers There is a clear cause for epilepsy in only a minority of the cases. Typically, the known causes of seizure involve some injury to the brain. Some of the main causes of epilepsy include: Low oxygen during birth. Head injuries that occur during birth or from accidents during youth or adulthood. Brain tumors. Genetic conditions that result in brain injury, such as tuberous sclerosis.
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- Epilepsy is a disorder of the nervous system. 1  Epilepsy causes sudden, intense bursts of electrical activity in the brain. These bursts cause seizures, which may affect: 2  Muscle control. 3  Movement. 4  Speech. 5  Vision. 6  Awareness.
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Car accidents May Cause Epilepsy and Seizures Car accidents May Cause Epilepsy and Seizures. Traumatic head injuries sustained in a New York car accident can result in serious, lifelong health conditions. Sometimes, major head trauma can cause epilepsy and seizures. The more serious the brain injury, the greater the chance the victim will develop a long-term or even lifelong issues.
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Epilepsy - overview Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in the brain cause it to be too excitable or irritable. As a result, the brain sends out abnormal signals. This leads to repeated, unpredictable seizures. Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition or injury that affects the brain.
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- Injuries from Falls. Because many people with seizures fall, injuries are common. Although such injuries are usually minor, people with epilepsy have a higher incidence of fractures than those without the disorder. Patients who take the drug phenytoin have an even higher risk, since the drug can cause osteoporosis.
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Overview 1 Infectious diseases. 2  Infectious diseases, such as meningitis, AIDS and viral encephalitis, can cause epilepsy. 3  Prenatal injury. 4  Before birth, babies are sensitive to brain damage that could be caused by several factors, such as an infection in the mother, poor nutrition or oxygen deficiencies.
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) Epilepsy is a disorder with many possible causes. Anything that disturbs the normal pattern of neuron activity -- from illness to brain damage to abnormal brain development -- can lead to seizures.
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F.A.Q. People are twice as likely to have another seizure if they have a known brain injury, or any other type of brain abnormality. Experiencing two or more seizures in a relatively short amount of time usually equates to an 80% chance of actually having some form of epilepsy.
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- Learn about epilepsy, or seizure disorder. Causes include head injury, trauma, prenatal injury, poisoning, medications, stroke, heart attacks, alcoholism, infection, and more. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment information is included in the information.
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- Brain cooling after severe head injury may prevent epileptic seizures. In the weeks, months and years after a severe head injury, patients often experience epileptic seizures that are difficult to control. A new study in rats suggests that gently cooling the brain after injury may prevent these seizures.
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Temporal Lobe Seizure Temporal lobe seizures commonly result from damage to specific areas in that part of the brain. This can be due to a head injury, infection, or damage to a portion of the temporal lobe due to lack of oxygen, brain tumors, genetic syndromes, or lesions of any sort.hen the electrical activity starts in the temporal lobe, it produces a temporal lobe seizure. Temporal lobe seizures can affect people of any age, and can occur as a single episode or can be repeated as part of a chronic (ongoing) condition. (See seizure disorder/epilepsy .).
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) Epilepsy can also develop as a result of brain damage from other disorders including brain tumors, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, and heart attacks. Epilepsy is also associated with a variety of developmental and metabolic disorders. Other causes include head injury, prenatal injury, and poisoning.
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Seizures and Epilepsy in Children Anything that interrupts the normal connections between nerve cells in the brain can cause a seizure; this includes a high fever, low blood sugar, alcohol or drug withdrawal, or a brain concussion. Under these circumstances, anyone can have one or more seizures.
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- Other Causes of Seizures. 1  Brain Degeneration Diseases. 2  Genetic Disorders. 3  Illicit Drugs (Amphetamines, Phencyclidine)  Infection of Brain (Bacterial, Viral, 1  Parasitic) Liver Failure. 2  Medications. Trauma Injury.  Unknown Cause (Idiopathic Seizures)